name, as designation of God, specif. of
י׳ (especially Je Ez
Yeshaya 2,
Yeshaya 3 ψψ):—first (in Hex) in phr.
ק׳ בְּשׁ׳ י׳ Breishis 4:26 (J),
call with, i.e. use the name
י׳ in worship, so
Breishis 12:8;
Breishis 13:4;
Breishis 21:33;
Breishis 26:35 + (v.
קרא 2 c); hence, of place of worship,
בְּכָל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת־שְׁמִי שָׁם Shemos 20:21 (Gi v
Shemos 20:18);
אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שָׁם [לְשַׁכֵּן] לָשׂוּם Devarim 12:5,
Devarim 12:11 +;
בָּנָה בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי Shmuel Beis 7:13 + often; people come
לְשׁ׳ י׳ Yehoshua 9:9 (R
D), so
לְמַעַן שׁ׳ Melachim Alef 8:41 =
Divrei HaYamim Beis 6:32,
Yeshaya 60:9; seek it
Tehillim 83:17;
swear with בְּשׁ׳ י׳ Shmuel Alef 20:42 Devarim 6:13;
Devarim 10:20 Vayikra 19:12, cf.
(לַשָּׁוְא) Shemos 20:7(×2) =
Devarim 5:11(×2);
תָּפַשׂ שׁ׳ י׳ Mishlei 30:9;
נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עַל־, etc., in token of ownership (cf.
2 a),
Yirmiya 7:10 + (v. p. 896 a); = his reputation, fame, c.
עָשָׂה לוֹ, v.
1 b (1), cf.
Yehoshua 7:9;
בְּשׁ׳ י׳, i.e. as his representative
Shemos 5:23 (J),
Shmuel Alef 17:45 Devarim 10:8 Shmuel Beis 6:18 Melachim Beis 2:24 + (v.
2 a ad fin.); especially as embodying the (revealed) character of
י׳:
י׳ שְׁמוֹ Amos 5:8;
Amos 9:6 Yirmiya 33:2,
זֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם Shemos 3:15 (E; ‖
זֵכֶר; fundamental passage),
Shemos 6:3 (P);
צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ (א׳) י׳ Amos 4:13;
Amos 5:27 Yirmiya 10:16;
Yirmiya 46:18 + 10 times Je
Yeshaya 2,
י׳ קַנָּא שְׁמוּ Shemos 34:14 (J; cf.
Shemos 20:5 Nachum 1:2),
קָדוֹשׁ שׁ׳ Yeshaya 57:15,
שׁ׳ קָדְשִׁי[וֹ] Amos 2:7 Yechezkel 39:7;
Yechezkel 43:7 Tehillim 103:1 + often; hence object of knowledge
Yeshaya 52:6 Yirmiya 48:17,
יֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Tehillim 9:11 (‖
דֹּרְשֶׁיךָ), love
Yeshaya 56:6,
אֹהֲבֵי שׁ׳ Tehillim 5:12;
Tehillim 69:37;
Tehillim 119:132, fear
Tehillim 61:6, especially of praise, etc. (
הִלֵּל,
הִזְכִּיר,
הוֹדָה,
בֵּרַךְ, etc.):
לְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּר Shmuel Beis 22:50 (‖
אוֹדְךָ, and so very often ‖
י׳) =
Tehillim 18:50, cf.
Divrei HaYamim Alef 16:10;
Divrei HaYamim Alef 29:13 Tehillim 45:18 Yeshaya 26:13 Melachim Alef 8:33,
Melachim Alef 8:35 =
Divrei HaYamim Beis 6:24,
Divrei HaYamim Beis 6:26 Tehillim 8:2,
Tehillim 8:10 +;
הָבוּ לי׳ כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ Tehillim 29:2;
Tehillim 96:8, and many combinations; opp.
חִלֵּל אֶת־שׁ׳ א׳ Vayikra 18:21 +,
נקב שׁ׳ י׳ Vayikra 24:16,
נִאֵץ שׁ׳ Tehillim 74:10,
Tehillim 74:18, etc.;
הַשּׁ׳ הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֹרָא Devarim 28:58, cf.
Nechemia 1:11,
לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, in appeals to
י׳ to act according to his character
Yirmiya 14:7,
Yirmiya 14:21 Yechezkel 20:9,
Yechezkel 20:14 Yeshaya 48:9;
Yeshaya 66:5 Tehillim 25:11;
Tehillim 31:4 +;
שׁ׳ י׳ is powerful agent,
בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי Tehillim 54:3 (‖
בִּגְבוּרָתְךָ), cf.
Tehillim 124:8; of
מַלְאַךְ י׳,
י׳ says
שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ Shemos 23:21 (E);
הַשֵּׁם Vayikra 24:11 is prob. scribal substitution for word
י׳ (already beginning to be thought ineffable, especially c.
וַיִּקֹּב cf. Gei
Urschr. 273 f. Di Dr-Wh Baen); on development of this usage, and Jewish use of
הַשּׁ׳ as personif. or hypostasis, v. Levy
NHWB s. v. Jastr
s. v..—
קָרוֹב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Tehillim 75:2 is striking, but doubtful, < 𝔊 Dy Che Gr Hup-Now
קֹרְאֵי שׁ׳, Du
קָרָנוּ בִשׁ׳ (=
קָרָאנוּ).